Investments

The Startup Journey: Alternative Investing With Sliced Investing Founders

One goal after leaving my corporate job of 11 years in 2012 was to learn more about the startup industry in Silicon Valley. With so much happing here, I found myself dreaming about going on my own startup journey. I was coming from the old school finance industry where there was relatively little innovation compared to […]

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How To Overcome Your Fear Of Investing In The Stock Market

Fear of investing in the stock market is real. This fear is why I’ve encountered so many people since Financial Samurai started in 2009 who have huge cash hoards. Due to fear, they decided to save their cash instead of invest it. This post is relevant for the following people: * Who distrust the stock

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Motif Investing Review: The ETF And Index Fund Killer With $150 Sign Up Bonus

Motif Investing was finally sold to Charles Schwab in 2020 and is no longer available. Sorry! Check out Personal Capital instead. They have the best free tools on the internet today. If you’re curious what they did, check out the Motif Investing Review below After spending 13 years in equities on Wall Street, I’ve been

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What Is A Good Short-Term Investment? A $280,000 Windfall Needs A New Home

Are you wondering what is a good short-term investment? Let’s discuss with a guest post. Greetings fellow Financial Samurai. Bruce here. I recently dropped a note to Sam about a financial conundrum that I was working through as I appreciate the analytical approach on this blog. Sam suggested that I write it up and engage the

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Financial Samurai Passive Income Update 2014-2015

Welcome to my annual passive income update. I don’t do these updates more often because nothing changes too much on a month-to-month or quarter-to-quarter basis. Do you really want to see that I increased or decreased my passive income by $1,000 from the month before? I think not. Here are some immediate reasons I can

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Get A Free Financial Consultation With Empower

Over the years, a number of you have asked me to write a review about what exactly goes on with a free Empower (previously Personal Capital) consultation. Personal Capital was purchased by Empower in 2000 and made the firm even better. The consultation is worth $799 according to them. Common questions include: Is the consultation

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